Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH:] FreeBSD host physical cdrom fixes

[Blue Swirl]

On 3/29/09, Juergen Lock <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 10:18:04PM +0200, Blue Swirl wrote:
>  > On 3/28/09, Juergen Lock <address@hidden> wrote:
>  > > In article <address@hidden> you write:
>  > >  >On 3/24/09, Juergen Lock <address@hidden> wrote:
>  > >  >> This improves physical cdrom support on FreeBSD hosts to be almost as
>  > >  >>  good as on Linux, with the only notable exception that you still 
> need to
>  > >  >>  either have the guest itself eject the disc if you want to take it
>  > >  >>  out/change it, or do a change command in the monitor after taking 
> out
>  > >  >>  a disc in case a guest cannot eject it itself - otherwise the guest 
> may
>  > >  >>  continue using state (like size) of the old disc.
>  > >  >>
>  > >  >>   [Yes this is not perfect but still is way better than the old 
> state of
>  > >  >>  things and thus commit-worthy in my opinion.  I don't think it needs
>  > >  >>  to be committed in incremental pieces, if you disagree please say 
> so.]
>  > >  >
>  > >  >Thanks, applied.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > Thanx!  Is anyone looking at my scsi disk/cdrom fixes/improvements series
>  > >  also?
>  > >         
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2009-03/msg01110.html
>  > >  Without it for example eject won't work on emulated scsi cdroms i.e.
>  > >  you'd still have to use the monitor...
>  >
>  > Yes I'm looking, but I'm not sure if the problems I see result from
>  > other stuff or your patches.
>
>
> Hmm what are the issues you are seeing?

Debian 4.0 r0 CD won't boot, but it happens without your patches too.